Paul bbion



(No Model.)

P. BRION;

SKINNING KNIFE.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL BRION, OF PARIS, FRANUE.

SKINNIN G-KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,997, dated December12, 1882.

Application filed February 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PAUL BRION, of Paris, inthe Republic of France, have invented a certain new'and usefulImprovement in Skinning-Knives, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to knives for skinning provided with guards forlimiting the projection of their edges and lifting up the skin as theknife advances.

The invention consists in a novel combination of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of a knifeprovided with my improved guard, the guard being shown as swung awayfrom the blade. Fig. 2 represents the opposite side of the knife, andFig. 3 represents an edge view thereof.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the blade of the knife, which is provided with ahandle-extension, A; and B designates the guard, which is likewiseprovided with a handle-extension, B. To the handle extensions A B oftheblade and guard are secured the two cheek-pieces G G, which togetherform the handle. The blade and guard handle-extensions A B are pivotedtogether by a screw or rivet, a, which is located at the outer extremityor butt of thehandle, and which likewise passes through the cheekpieces0. The blade and guard extensions A the other with a clamping-screw, c,which fits .sion B.

in ascrew-threaded hole therein, and is adapted to fit loosely in theslot 1). In this example of my invention the slot 1) is in theblade-extension A and the screw 0 is in the guard-exten- When the guard13 is adjusted into position for use, as shown in Fig.2, the screw 0 maybe tightened up, and by clamping the guard and guard-extension B on theblade and bladeextension A securely holds the guard in proper positionrelatively to the blade. By loosening the clampingscrew c provision isafiorded for adjusting the guard so that its edge is in the desiredposition relatively to the edge of the blade'or for swinging the guardentirely away from the blade, as shown in Fig. 1. This provides forgrinding the blade without entirely detaching the guard, it having onlyto be swung aside.

I do not claim broadly an adjustable guard applied to the blade of aknife for skinning or removing skins, as this, broadly considered, is

Witnesses:

Ens. DUBUIL, SoRL. VERDIERT.

